>> This reminds me of a theory I have, that I call the
"Fuck Up Theory of> Artistic Development." I'm pretty sure I've brought
this up here> before, but it goes like this: Most (all?)
writers/artists/musicians> start off imitating others. Needless to say, they
can never perfectly> replicate their models and their originality is
measured as the degree> to which they get it wrong. Eventually, good artists
notice this and> pursue their own "fuck ups."

The way I read this, your theory seems to preclude the
possibility of a writer/artist/musician having any ideas of
his own. Happy accidents certainly play a part in any art
form, but to suggest that any innovative idea is backed into
(through their fuck ups) seems to do the artist a great
disservice. What about imagination or the desire to stretch
boundries? Can't these also play a role?

Brad

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